(Clearwisdom.com)
During my elementary school days, my mother started practicing Falun Gong because she had cancer and was paralyzed, and we did not have money for medical treatment. After she began practicing, she gradually recovered from those diseases and was completely cured. She now looks rejuvenated and young, and she has not needed any medicine or injections during the past nine years.
Back then, I did not understand what Falun Gong was. I was just curious when my mother was practicing the Falun Gong exercises. Sometimes, I followed some of the exercise movements. One day, I started reading Zhuan Falun, and I realized that Falun Gong is a cultivation system in the Buddha school, moving people towards consummation. It teaches people to be good and to assimilate to Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. From my reading, I learned that our true purpose in coming to this world is to return to our virtuous selves, not just being human.
Yet, because I behaved badly, was lazy and often trapped by worldly temptations, I did not cultivate seriously for a long time. Even when I read about miraculous experiences that fellow practitioners had, I did not completely believe them or agree with the conclusions. However, I had an experience that completely changed my way of thinking.
We were preparing to pour concrete on the third floor of our new house that was being constructed. After installing the metal frame, because they did not have a ladder, workers slid down the steel pipes. To make sure that no one left anything on the third floor, I tried to get up there to take a look and climbed up along a steel pipe. Then, when I was at the top of the pipe, I had to jump to make it to the floor. My first try was not successful. My second try failed again. Then, I suddenly fell from the third floor level, which was more than 10 meters (almost 10 yards) high.
When I was about to hit the ground, I recalled the words that my mom had taught me: "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance are good!" When people helped me up from the ground, I was fine except for a bit of swelling on my buttocks and a few scratches on my body. I was not severely hurt at all. Three days later, the swelling was gone.
Later, my mom asked me what I experienced when I was falling. I recalled that I was not scared at all and felt that I was falling very slowly, although everyone at the site said that I fell very quickly. Think about it! On my way falling down, there were steel pipes and bricks. There were so many chances for my head, arms or legs to be broken. Yet, nothing happened to me.
I am so grateful that Teacher Li has taken me as a Dafa disciple. I will try my best to do the three things well and make up for what I have not done well during my cultivation. I will never again take Teacher's compassion lightly.
July 16, 2005
